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Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces
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The armed forces has long been the most powerful institution in Cuba and high-ranking generals are believed to play crucial roles in all conceivable succession scenarios. The military controls 60 percent of the economy through the management of hundreds of enterprises in key economic sectors, the military is also Raúl Castros base. In numerous speeches, Raúl Castro has emphasized the role as a peoples partner. From 1966 until the late 1980s, Soviet Government military assistance enabled Cuba to upgrade its military capabilities to one in Latin America. The first Cuban military mission in Africa was established in Ghana in 1961, Cubas military forces appeared in Algeria, in 1963, when a military medical brigade came over from Havana to support the regime. The Soviet Union gave both military and financial aid to the Cubans, the tonnage of Soviet military deliveries to Cuba throughout most of the 1980s exceeded deliveries in any year since the military build-up during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. This judgment is known in Cuba as Causa 1, ochoa and Antonio de la Guardia were executed. Cuban military power has been reduced by the loss of Soviet subsidies. Today, the Revolutionary Armed Forces number 39,000 regular troops, Cuba also adopted a war of the people strategy that highlights the defensive nature of its capabilities. On September 14,2012, a Cuban senior general agreed to further military cooperation with China during a visit to Beijing. He said that Cuba was willing to enhance exchanges with the Chinese military and strengthen cooperation in personnel training. In 1984, according to Janes Military Review, there were three major commands, Western, Central, and Eastern. In 1999 the Revolutionary Army represented approximately 70 percent of Cubas regular military manpower, in addition, there is an air defense artillery regiment and a surface-to-air missile brigade. Each of the three territorial armies is believed to be assigned at least one armored brigade-usually attached to the armys headquarters-as well as a infantry brigade. As well, it is known that the Border Brigade in Guantanamo and at least one artillery regiment. In 1996, according to Janes Information Group, the army was organized into three Territorial Military Commands with three Armies, one army for each command, at the time, there were an estimated 38,000 army personnel. During that time Cuba sent jet fighters and transports for deployment in conflict zones such as Angola, in 1990, Cubas Air Force was the best equipped in Latin America. In all, the modern Cuban Air Force imported approximately 230 fixed-wing aircraft, although there is no exact figure available, Western analysts estimate that at least 130 of these planes are still in service spread out among the thirteen military airbases on the island

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Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force
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The Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force commonly abbreviated to DAAFAR in both Spanish and English, is the air force of Cuba. In the 1980s, Cuba with the help of the Soviet Union was able to project power abroad, using its air force, during that time Cuba sent jet fighters and transports for deployment in conflict zones such as Angola and Ethiopia. In 1990, Cubas Air Force was the best equipped in Latin America, in all, the modern Cuban Air Force imported approximately 230 fixed-wing aircraft. Although there is no exact figure available, Western analysts estimate that at least 130 of these planes are still in service spread out among the thirteen military airbases on the island. In 1996, fighters from the DAAFAR shot down two Cessna aircraft based in Florida which were suspected of dropping leaflets into Cuban airspace. The air force was criticized for not giving the pilots of the aircraft options other than being shot down, by 2007 the International Institute for Strategic Studies assessed the force as 8,000 strong with 41 combat capable aircraft and a further 188 stored. DAAFAR is known now to have integrated another Mig-29 and a few MiG-23s which makes it 58 combat aircraft in service which are listed as 6 MiG-29s,40 MiG-23s. There were also assessed to be 12 operational transport aircraft plus trainers which include 8 L-39C and helicopters which are mainly Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-17 and Mil Mi-24 Hind. Raúl Castro ordered in 2010 that all MiG-29 pilots had to have training, they now have from 200–250 hours of flight annually together with real dogfight training. Up to 20 MiG-23 units also have this kind of training, miG-21 units have limited time in this exercises and spend more time in simulators and maintain their skills flying with the commercial brand of the air force Aerogaviota. At San Antonio de los Baños military air field, south west of Havana, former aircraft include MiG-15, MiG-17, MiG-19, B-25 Mitchell, Hawker Sea Fury and the P-51 Mustang